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urn-shaped buds, very strong fragrance and perfectly formed, ruffled 

 full open flowers. It is low growing, so plant it in the front of the 

 rose bed. 



It would not be quite fair to conclude this personal preference list 

 without telling you of a few of the kinds I do not particularly care for. 

 I would avoid Floradora because Fire King is much better. Girl 

 Scout is a weak grower. Marge Koster is rather homely and no one 

 should buy it without first seeing it. Crimson Glory is beautiful but 

 I find it hangs its head, as do Helen Traubel and War Dance. The 

 Doctor is large and lovely but sparse with bloom. .Sutter's Gold is 

 bright and gaudy but the blooms last only a short time. And to me 

 the blooms of Lowell Thomas, Radiance and Talisman arc rather 

 coarse. I would take Golden Girl or Eclipse ahead of Lowell Thomas 

 any time. Pink Peace is way ahead of Radiance, and as a multicolor 

 Granada is infinitely superior to Talisman. 



These are only my very personal observations, and I'm sure not 

 everyone will agree with me. .Sometimes for "auld lang sync" I still 

 like a rose even if I know it isn't tops. But I do believe those of us who 

 have been growing roses a long time should not be content with keep- 

 ing the same old varieties year after year, but should catch up with 

 the new ones too. (Dickens was a great novelist, but who wants to 

 read nothing but Dickens?) 



My best wishes for your rose growing, 



George Ohlhus 



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 equal or greater catalog value. We substitute only when necessary and 

 only with other good, catalog varieties. We cannot make changes in 

 offers on request. Their special price prohibits the extra handling these 

 requests would require. 



Roses in this catalog are classed as medium height by American Rose 

 Society standards unless otherwise noted. Blooming dates in this cat- 

 alog are based on experience in growing these plants in West Grove 

 (southern Pennsylvania). Roses and most other plants come into 

 bloom earlier in the south. 



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 Important — If height is not specified in the rose description, it is medium. 

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 14 miles from Wilmington, Del., 65 miles from Baltimore, Md. The 

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ROSE INDEX 



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Americana 22 



American Heritage 18 



.Angel Face 32 



Arlene Francis 22 



Aventure 19 



Baby Gold Star 30 



Betty Prior 26 



Bewitched 17 



Bis Red 12 



Blanche Mallerin 21 



Blaze 28 



Blossomtime 29 



Bo- Peep 30 



Camelot 6 



Candy Stripe 19 



Charlotte Armstrong 22 



Chicago Peace 9 



Chipper 30 



Christian Dior IS 



Christopher Stone 22 



Chrysler Imperial 17 



Cinderella 30 



Circus 26 



Climbing Crimson Glory 29 



Climbing Peace 29 



Colorama 7 



Comanche 7 



Condesa de Sastago 22 



Confidence 22 



Coral Dawn 29 



Coralita 29 



Crimson Glory 21 



Don Juan 29 



Fclipse 20 



Europeana 24 



Fashion 24 



Fire King 25 



First Prize 2 



Floradora 26 



Fragrant Cloud 8 



Frau Karl Druschki 27 



Garden Party 22 



Garden State 14 



Garnette 26 



Gay Princess 26 



Gene Boerner 25 



Girl Scout 26 



Golden Girl 12 



Golden Prince 5 



Golden Showers 28 



Goldilocks 26 



Good News 23 



Granada 19 



Helen Traubel 20 



Indiana 18 



John F. Kennedy 17 



King's Ransom 16 



Ladv Elgin 15 



Lady X 14 



Laura 2 



Lavender Girl 26 



Love Song 23 



Lowell Thomas 23 



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Lucky Lady 23 



Mme. Cochet-Cochet 23 



Margo Koster 26 



Midget 30 



Mirandy 21 



Miss AU-American Beauty 5 



Mister Lincoln 8 



Mojave 23 



Montezuma 23 



Mount Shasta 10 



Mrs. P. S. duPont 23 



New Dawn 29 



New Yorker 23 



Nocturne 23 



Oklahoma 18 



Orange Flame 23 



Otto Linne. . . 27 



Pascali 9 



Peace 20 



Perfecta 23 



Pharaoh 4 



Picture 23 



Pillar of Fire 29 



Pink Peace 10 



Polka 26 



Polynesian Sunset 23 



President Eisenhower 23 



President H. Hoover 23 



Queen Elizabeth 11 



Radiance 23 



Red Empress 29 



Red Imp 30 



Red Pinocchio 26 



Rhonda 29 



Roman Holiday 26 



Royal Highness 6 



Rumba 26 



Sarabande 26 



Saratoga 26 



Scarlet Gem 30 



Scarlet Knight 11 



Sea Foam 27 



Sincera 15 



Soeur Therese 23 



Spartan 26 



Starburst 4 



Starina 30 



Summer Rainbow 13 



Summer Sunshine 10 



Sunspot 25 



Sutter's Gold 23 



Suzon Lotthe 23 



Swarthmore 13 



Talisman 23 



The Doctor 23 



The Fairy 27 



Tiffany 16 



Tropicana 12 



War Dance 22 



White Dawn 29 



White Knight 18 



Zambra 26 



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